Knitted undergarment.



No. 855.329. v PATENTED MAY 28; 1907.

Q. MoADAM.

KNITTED UNDBRG'ARMENT. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1906.

QUENTIN MCADAM, or

coMPANY, or UTIOA, NEW

UTIOA NEWYORK,

YORKQ A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ASSIGNOR TO UTICA KNITTING KNITTED UNDER'GARMENT.

Application filed September 8,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented May 28, 1907. 1906. Serial a... 338,826-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, QUENTIN MCADAM, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Utica, New York, have invented certain Im rovements inKnitted Undergarments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a knitted undergarment which,as to its skirt portion, will be fully as elastic as an Oldlnary knittedunderskirt, but as to its body portion will be somewhat less elastic,wherey said body portion will be available for the support of a skirt orfor the attachment of hose supporters special waist or jacket for suchpurposes will be unnecessary. This object I attain in the mannerhereinafter set forth, reference be-. ing had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a knitted undergarmentconstructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a rear viewof the same.

The garment sleeved undershirt, although the invention is applicable tosleeveless undershirts as well, or to union undergarments either with orwithout sleeves.

The shirt shown in the drawing is open in front from neck to tail and isprovided with a button-hole stri 1, although, if desired, the

- skirt ortion oft eshirt'may be composed of seam ess tubular web, thefront openlng,

with its button-hole strip, extending only from neck to waist.

osed of knitted web The garment is com and preferably of ribbe knittedweb, for the purpose ofinsuring the desired elasticity, and in the skirtportion of the full natural elasticity of the web 1s preserved, but thebody portion, from the waist to the shoulders, is provided with certainbands or tapes of wovenfabric or other relatively inelastic materialwhich are intended for connection to hose supporters orv to skirts orother nether garments. In consequence of the relative stiffness therebyimparted to the naturally elastic web of whichthe main body ortion ofthe garment is composed, the latter 1s rendered available for the properperformvided with a central rear 3 and rear tapes 4 connecte ders andside tapes 5 and rear tapes by means of diagonal tapes 6,

or the like, and the use of a with a knitted undershirt and the shown inthe drawing a" arm'ent the ance of such supporting duty. 'Thenumber anddisposal o the supporting tapes or bands may be varied without i partingfrom the essential feature of my invention, but in the drawing I haveshown the skirt as proconnected to the front the tapes being providedwith buttons 7 at the waist and with such additional buttons, or otherfastening devices, as may be necessary to accommodate thevarious'garments or garment supporters which are to be attachedthereto.- i

I am aware that prior to my invention waists, or jackets of cloth,muslin, or like Woven and relatively inelastic material, have beenprovided with tapes, bands or straps of the character which I haveshown, but such waists or jackets must be worn in connection combinationof the two garments is, in many cases, so bulky as to be uncomfortableto the wearer, especially if the undergarment is composed of heavy yarnor is provided with a fieeced lining, such, for instance, as thatrepresented at 9, in Fig. '1. My invention provides a singlegarmentcombining the functions of the two garments heretofore necessary, antherefore overcomes ta e 2, front tapes over the should the above notedobjec J tions to the use of the two garments, the I skirt portion of myim roved garment retain ing the full natural cl knitted web of which thegarment is composed, but the upper or body iportion of the garment-beingrelatively sti ened by the tapes or hands secured thereto, so that itaffords proper support for the garments suspended from it.

I claim An undergarment composed of knitted web having its upper portionrelatively stiff a plurality of tapes or front and-rear tapes or bandsextending om the shoulders to the waist portion of the garment, acentral rear tape orband extending from the neck to the said Waistportion, and side tapes or bands extending to said waist portion, andeach sued by means of bands, comprlsm asticity of the ribbedconnected tothe front and real tagms or name to this specification, in'the presenceof.

tapes two subscribing Witnesses.

bands on its reslpective side by djagona ower or skirt portion of the orbands, the

garment being free from such tapes or bands QU MGADAM' 5 and retainingthe full natural elasticityof the Witnesses:

'tted web of the garment. WALTER D. JONES,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my ROBERT F. YOUNG.

